Where does Jess Ou work?

Jess Ou is Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

What check size does Jess Ou write?

Jess Ou typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.

Where did Jess Ou go to school?

Jess Ou studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor’s Degree, B.S. Business Administration); University of California, Berkeley (B.A. Social Welfare); Penn Engineering (Masters in Computer and Information Technology (MCIT), Computer Science).

Jess Ou

Investor

Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $2M – $50M checks · typically $25M

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1,093 people in our graph share verified history with Jess — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

James DetweilerunlockedJess: together at Morgan Stanley (2017)

×7Jess: together at Morgan Stanley

×2Jess: together at Stanford University

×2Jess: together at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Experience

LangChainHead of Marketingcurrent2026 — present
LangChainHead of Growth2026
LangChainHead of Growth2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
LangChainBusiness Operations & Finance2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
SapienneCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Scoutcurrent2024 — present
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Principal2018 — 2024Menlo Park, California, United States
Morgan StanleyTechnology Investment Banking2016 — 2018Menlo Park, California, United States
Stanford UniversityEnterprise Technology Research Assistant2015 — 2016Palo Alto
MIT Sloan School of ManagementCrowdfunding Research Assistant to Professor Christian Catalini2014San Francisco Bay Area
UberOperations2014San Francisco Bay Area
Euclid (acquired by WeWork)Product & Partner Marketing2014San Francisco Bay Area
CalAskFounder2013Berkeley
FounderJ. Designs2006 — 2011Irvine

Skills & more

Web Development12HTML9Graphic Design14Photoshop22PowerPoint25Microsoft Office21WordPress16Research16Microsoft Excel17Social Media13Event Planning12Fundraising11

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Colleagues at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

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Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Alex Sharata

Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Alexa Grabelle

Associate at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Ali Behbahani

Partner, Co-Head of Healthcare at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Andrew Schoen

Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Ann Bordetsky

Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Arjun Jain

Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Aya Somai

Associate at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jess Ou?: Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Where does Jess Ou work?: Jess Ou is Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
What check size does Jess Ou write?: Jess Ou typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.
Where did Jess Ou go to school?: Jess Ou studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor’s Degree, B.S. Business Administration); University of California, Berkeley (B.A. Social Welfare); Penn Engineering (Masters in Computer and Information Technology (MCIT), Computer Science).

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business828

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel Capital Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital DennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital Anna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture Group

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Steve WozniakCo-founder of Apple Tony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDash Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of Databricks Ryan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport

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Also attended Penn Engineering3

Joe TsaiPartner at Mucker Capital David Zhi LuoZhangFounder at Bronco AI Anish AgrawalFounder at Chatter

Shared employers

Also worked at Stanford University1,044

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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Also worked at MIT Sloan School of Management138

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship Pioneering Isabelle TashimaSr. Associate at Volition Capital Akanksha MehtaInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITAL Stephen MarcusCo-Founder and General Partner at Riot Ventures Randy CohenHarvard Business School Professor at FemHealth Ventures

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Also worked at Uber552

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Jason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Garrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of Expa Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of Waabi Gergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack

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Also worked at Euclid (acquired by WeWork)8

Tony AskewFounder Partner at REV Venture Partners Brendan O'DonnellPartner at Frontline Ventures Breton BirkhoferPrincipal at DivcoWest William SmithInvestor at Octave Ross ChaninFounder at Artifact Martin GouyFounder at Artifact

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